Deo Zitha
Legal Advisor at National Empowerment Fund- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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National Empowerment Fund
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South Africa
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Financial Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Legal Advisor
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Oct 2022 - Present
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Associate
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Apr 2018 - Oct 2022
Areas of practice • Corporate & Commercial Law specializing in Mergers and Acquisitions and Banking and Finance.• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating various commercial agreements such as Shareholders Agreements, Subscription Agreements, Share Buy-Back Agreements, Sale of Shares & Claims Agreements, Sale of Business Agreements, Memorandum of Incorporation; Facility Agreements, Guarantees, Security Documents (Cession of Shares, Cession of Insurance Proceeds, Cession of Book Debts, Cession of Bank Accounts, Sureties etc );•Drafting of Capacity Opinions and Enforceability Opinions•Drafting and review of Company Policies;•Drafting of Legal Opinions and Memos;•Conducting Legal Due Diligence Investigations and drafting the DD Reports;•Trust Registrations (Family Trust, Community Trust, Business Trust, Empowerment Trust, ESOP);• Conducting Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Compliance audit (in terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013). Show less
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Candidate Attorney
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Jan 2016 - Mar 2018
Exposed to General Corporate and Commercial matters: - Registrations and Amendments of Company details;- Drafting and/or reviewing various agreements including inter alia, Shareholders Agreements, Memorandum of Incorporation, Sale of Shares Agreements, Lease Agreements, Joint Venture Agreements, Consortium/Teaming Agreements, Trust Deed, Service Level Agreements, Security Documents; - Registration of Trusts
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Merck Group
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Germany
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Legal Advisor
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Nov 2019 - Apr 2020
General Commercial - Drafting and reviewing various agreements in the pharmaceutical industry which include inter alia Distribution Agreements, Donation Agreements, Master Services Agreements, sale agreements and purchase agreements; - Involved in reviewing Clinical Trial applications on behalf of Merck Proprietary Limited through the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority new clinical trial process and in terms of the Medicines and Related Substance Act 101 of 1965 General Commercial - Drafting and reviewing various agreements in the pharmaceutical industry which include inter alia Distribution Agreements, Donation Agreements, Master Services Agreements, sale agreements and purchase agreements; - Involved in reviewing Clinical Trial applications on behalf of Merck Proprietary Limited through the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority new clinical trial process and in terms of the Medicines and Related Substance Act 101 of 1965
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Education
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University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus)
Bachelor of Laws - LLB, Law -
LEAD LEGAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
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Giyani High School
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Laerskool Kremetart
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University of South Africa
Master of Laws - LLM, Corporate Law